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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-02-04

he regretted 1t occurred anywhere. Wit
ness said he did not hear NJ cWhorter say
it had to come off anyhow, and he had
looked out that it did not come off in Yuba
Was in the cell during the interview. The
other persons present were Messrs. Clark,
Collins and another man.
On cross-examination witness said he
had not looked up any testimony for the
defendant. He was subpenaed at Wheat
land only last night, and did not know
why he was called as witness. He was
in the cell with McWhorter before the
other parties called, and witness remained
until after they had all left
Charles A. Jenkins was the next called
Witness was proprietor of the State House
Hotel in August last. On the 10th of that
month T. G. Robinson called and asked il
McWhorter was stopping there. mo
cross examination.
J. B. Hobson again took the stand, and
said that Senator Filcher, of Placer, was
one of the persons whom he had told OF
the contract with Robinson regarding the
running of the mine
c. c. Duhane, of Smartsviile. Yuba
county, was next called. He testified that
he knew both Robinson and McWhorter
His relations with Robinson were friendly
He knew that McWhorter had been in
Sacramento corresponding for his paper
Robinson told witness that the first time
he saw McWhorter he would wear him out
on the ground. A few days afterward
witness told this to McWhorter, and ad-
vised him to go away from Sacramento
and avoid trouble with Robinson. and that
he (witness) would attend to his CORE.
spondenee for him.
On cross-examination witness admitted
that he was employed TO watch the move
ments of the so-called anti-hydraalic spies
Never went around for the purpose 1t was
few days before the homicide that he told
McWhorter of the threats made by Robin.
son. Witness advised Robinson that he
had better submit to those newspaper at
tacks-that they did not amount to any
thing. He had himself been called &
horse-thief. vandal, etc.. by certain news
papers, but did not consider that i
amounted to as much as the snap OF one:
| finger.
EVENING SESSION.
| John Murphy was called to the stand
| Witness is a resident of Wheatiend; 40
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-09
Big Girls of Gotham.

Are the young women of this town at
the present day taller and stouter than
its bellies of twenty or thirty years ago
Old fellows say they are, and the height
and weight of the evidence cannot fail to
give strength to their assertion. But
these far seeing old philosophers also
want US to believe that our girls now are
lass beautiful than the danes of former
times. We can't. The law of gallantry
forbids US. Our girls are immense and
are still progressing with gigantic strides,
but that they are IN any respect less lovely
than the little creatures of long ago we
must deny. Five feet two inches, We
famous statues of Venus. If that statue,
like some of the images we read of in
fairy tales, could come to life now ana
get rugged up in all the fascinating teg-
gerry of the present fashion she would be
only mite among the tall and stately
beauties of Broadway. Five feet two
may have been the standard height of
long ago, bat not of this time. Every
evening We empty out shopfuls of girls
from five feet six to five feet ten, and
every one of them carved like the God
dess of Liberty. Tall old gentlemen
can't see this female encroachment upon
the statue of man, but short and middle
sized old fellows are constantly remark
ing that they have TO look up or straight
ahead now, where in former years they
looked down. The fact seems to be that
the modern New York belle is a great big
girl with a enormous hat, small feet and
a tournure like the overhang of the Vol
unteer.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-09
FROM A MAD CATS BITE.
Death from kabbies in Railway Hospital at
Sedalia

Death from kabbies in Railway Hospital at
Sedalia.
James p. Cody, an Irish American, aged
% years, whose home is at Peoria, died
at the Missouri Pacific Railway hospital
In Sedalia, of hydrophobia, after having
suffered the most intense agony for sew
eral hours. Cody was employed at the
Missouri Pacific shops at Council Grove,
Kan.
On July 3, last, Cody, in company with
friend, went to a grocery store for a
glass of cider. While they were standing
in the backyard a cat ran out, and in at
tempting to pass through a back gate,
which had been left open, ran against the
gate post and fell. Cody, thinking the
cat had hurt itself, ran aud picked it up.
The cat at once seized him on the inside
of the left hand, near the ball of the
thumb, sinking its teeth SO deep that it
had to be choked loose. Cody did not
think much of ths matter, and did not
stop work. The wound swelled a little
and then healed up.
On last Friday he felt indisposed and
got up late, but could not eat. He called
on the company's local surgeon at Coun
Gil Grove for treatment but the symp
toms were not sufficiently pronounced
then for the doctor TO suspect what the
real trouble was. As time progressed
Cody grew worse, and on Saturday last
he found that it was with great difficulty
that he could swallow water, and placing
his hand in water seemed to give him an
electric thrill. The doctors at Council
Grove finally diagnosed hydrophobia.
Messages were at once sent to the hospi-
tai here and the man was started to the
spital on Sunday night at II o'clock.
They were met by the ambulance and the
After being assigned a bed remedies for
quoting him and securing rest were ad
ministered. He rested reasonably well,
sleeping about two hours during the re-
mainder of the night.
Yesterday morning, on examination,
the doctors found his pulse and respira-
ton normal aud his temperature about
2 degrees above normal. He was some
what restless, complaining that when the
air blew on him it made him have chilly
sensations, and caused him to lose his
breath. A glass of water was brought
him, and by desperate effort he took
one swallow. and Immediately bad
spasm of choking, with bullying of the
eyes, Struggling of the shoulders, and
general nervous and muscular agitation.
His mother arrived during the forenoon,
when the attending physicians informed
her that death was matter of q few
hours only, which prediction was verified
at mid night
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-09
ALL SORTS.

In great e1tremitiss-A western mans
govt.
A chance acquaintance-One made at
the gambling table.
The cream of the baseball club should
be found in the pitcher.
The bald knobbers seem to occupy the
front row in Ozark. No.
The shibboleth of the Prohibitionists
is: jug not that We may not be jagged.
Now is the time when the managers of
Fall fairs fall foul of each other.
To eat peas with knife may not be
good form, but it is fun for the peas.
There are some men so stingy that
they would save all jokes at their own ex-
pense-
Young Blobson has named his canoe
William Henry HARRISON because it's a
tippycapoe.
The spell is broken remarked the
foreman as Slug Ten dropped q handful
of type on the floor.
The bridegroom said: LET her CO
Gallagher" and Boston CLERGYMAN
married couple in eighty seconds.
There is lots of crooked whiskev in
this country, but that doesn't hinder PEG.
pie from taking it straight.
There are some very lazy men in the
world who Light be benefited by some
sort of labor movement.
A neat proposal of marriage was made
by man the other night. who said
Now, my dear, you say you have $50, DOC
IN your OWE name; why not put it in
miner"
Do not marry for riches, my son; but
remember that the husband of an heiress
is seldom obliged to get up at O'Clock
in the morning aud build the FIRE.
Hello, Jack, where you beenY' "Col-
Letting" "What SUGGEST" bad. I've
rummaged the city from one end to an
other, and can't find man that owes me
q cent"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-09
The Best Breeds Of Sheep.

In discussing the subject of sheep hus-
bandry there must necessarily be wide
range. Our wants are so diversified, and
the extremes of climate SO great, and all
the circumstances connected with the
rearing and marketing so varied, that
there must be a great deal of ground to
cover, with many special features to be
noticed. While mecinoes are unques
tionably the sheep for the million, the
downs are especially calculated for small
farms, or even large ones where they
may be subdivided into small fock..
Fifty sheep IN a flock, of the large
breeds, is the limit in numbers to have
them do we'll; white smaller number, to
be in one drove or herd, ia better. The
highest degree of success is attained
with the large mutton sheep and the
downs, with the smallest focks. The
merinoes, with an mate tenacity for e1-
istence, will crop after each other, re-
CARELESS of the shortness of the bite or
the amount of faint on the grass; but at
the same time they do better in small
focks and with frequent changes of
range. l used to keep all of my sheep in
one large field, coarse and fine ewes
together, the whole season of pasturing,
but last year became satisfied it was
serious mistake. l knew shat the coarse
and fine would not do SO we'll together,
but did not suppose the. odds were so
great, against the mutton breeds. 1t is
so. The merinoes do not mind 1t, but ii
is very hurtful to the down or the coarse
wooded sheep to be confined with merinoes.
The merinoes eat too close, and the faint
of body aud excrement render both the
air and grass respectively Objectionable.
They should never be wintered in the
same Enclosure. My faith in these mo-
tions is SO well grounded that this year
each breed of sheep has separate field,
and the old sheep pasture is now used for
the cows.
On small farms or where ranges are
somewhat limited, sheep should not re-
main in one pasture longer than a week
without change. They will be found
to do great deal better. This fact was
well proved 10y my experience last year.
week is long enough to give the grass
start sufficient for sheep, and longer
time might result in its getting too rank
or coarse. The down and coarse-wooied
sheep will do we'll on fat land, or on land
with raaker grasses, than the merinoes.
The grass can not be too fine for these
sheep, and they delight to feed on knobs
and side hill. and even on the mountains,
where the grasses are short and sweet
Large sheep must have rank pasture, or
Mat which furnishes big, full bite.
This fact should be taken into the account
and form the foundation OF sheep hus-
bandry on the farm.
So far as breeds are concerned, al the
downs are good. The Southdowns aye
the typical mutton sheep. and their sd
mirers say. why go furthers" This
depends. While they are the foundation
sheep for mutton, and the highest type
they are also the poorest sheareIs, and
this Is an important item. The world
does not stand still and do not believe
In resting all our chances in this one
sheep.
The other towns also have a mutton
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-09
The CsIal Result. 4,

A Lowell (Mass.) dispatch says: "a
rear or two ago Miss Josie Barnard, an
heiress to thousands, astonished the public
By marrying her grandmother's coach
man. Philip Scully. Tho marriage was
kept quiet by the interested parties for
time, bat when it leaked out Philip and
his fairy young bride did not wait for an
interview with the grandmother, but fed
in hurry to Providence. The husband
did not find it easy TO obtai. employment
in that city, and their slender stock of
money was rapidly diminishing when a
removal was made TO PawtucEet- They
soon became tired of PaTtucket ans
after short stays in various places came
to Lowell abozt a week ago. They had
on their arrival two trunks aud seventy
five cents in cash. With this sum they
secured lodgings at the Harris House.
Being without money she was obliged to
appeal to Secretary Smith. of the over
seers of the poor, for a ticket home The
ticket was purchased for Mrs. Scully. who
babe her husband a fearful adieu prev
io1s to taking the train for Lowell The
young wife is hopeful of doing better for
herself and husband. Her last words
TO him before taking the train were that
she would endeavor TO reconcile her rela-
sives to their marriage"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-09
The Tragedy Of The Crater

In the September Century are several
accounts by participants and eye witnesses
of the Petersburg fight and the Tragedy
of the crater. From Major W. Il. Powell's
paper we quote as follows: Gust as l ar
rived in the rear of the first Division the
mine sprung. 1t was magnificent
spectacle, and as the mass of earth wen
up into the air, carrying with it men, guns,
carriages, and timber, and spread out
like an immenee cloud as it reached its
altitude, so close were the Union lines,
that the mass appeared as if il would de-
send Immediately upon the troops waiting
to make the charge. This caused them
to break and scatter to the rear, and
about ten minutes was consumed IN re-
forming for the attack. Not much was
lost by this delay, however, as it took rear
" that time for the cloud of dust to pass
off. The order was then given for the
advance. AS no part of the Union line
breastworks had been removed (which
would have been an arduoUs as well as q
hazardous undertaking., the troops clam
bered over them as best they could.
This in itself broke the ranks, and they
aid not stop to reform, but pushed ahead
towards the crater, about oze hundred and
thirty yards distant, the debris from the
explosion having covered up the abatis
and the chevaur-de.frise in front of the
enemy's works.
"Littlo did those men anticipate what
they would see upon arriving there; an
enormous hole in the ground about 80
feet deep, 50 feet wide and ITO feet long,
filled with dust, great blocks of clay, guns,
broken carriages, projecting timbers, ard
men buried in various ways-some up
to their necks, others to their waists, and
some with only their feet and legs pro-
truding from the earth. One of these
near me was pulled out, and he proved to
be q second lieutenant of the battery that
had been blown up. The fresh air revived
him and he was soon able to walk and
talk. He was very grateful and said that
he was asleep when the e1losion took place
and only awoke to find himself wrigglipg
in the air; then few seconds afterwards
he felt himself descending, and soon lost
consciousness"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-09

value, and some of them will make more
mutton and shear double the wool of the
average Southdown. These points are
worth something, for with sheep the mar
gins are close, and few pounds of wool
help out. A law in breeding crops out
here, should be noticed, that ali the
good things are rarely, if ever, found in
one body, and that perfection of body
(carcass for mutton) Is, as rule, at the
expense of the fleece. AS fine and com
pact fleece, or one with 50 much weight,
can not be produced on . perfect mutton
body.
As the merinoes approach mutton
standard In body, the fleece Is more open
and coarser in staple. As l have said
before, the way to overcome this tendency
TO coarseness and lightness of fleece In
the down and the larger breeds, is to give
them dash" of merino. Where farm
er has taste for thoroughbred animals
and 1t is always commendable-he
should purchase sheep of suitable pure
breed. spall flock of these on the
farm could be made constant delight
and profit. Where a farmer has lin
tied income and thinks he can not afford
SO much culling in his stock, he certainly
can afford to purchase thoroughbred
ram and begin at once to grade his sheep
up to higher standard. There is no
excuse for not doing this. blind
stupidity or willful obstinacy may stand
In the way, and often does.
| like to see a farmer with some kind
of an animal hobby. A man wants to
believe in some breed, and the more
enthusiastic he is, the more likely he will
be to succeed. In the older states, where
local markets are plenty, the farmers
have still got one hold. They certainly
can keep a small flock of mutton sheep,
and make them pay. They should make
this grip stronger by improving their
sheep. and not one Southdown, Shrop-
shire, Hampshire, or Oxford-down ram
lamb should go to the shambles, but q
be used to improve the mutton qualities
of the sheep. All of the choice eve lambs
should be saved as a foundation for
paying flock, and every farmer should
start his foundation new.
There is a hardy breed of sheep in
England called the Horned Dorset, which
combine the mutton and wool features.
The wool is light, quite free from oil and
strong 10 fiber. 1t would be clasSed as
medium. The Horned Dorsets are not
as heavy as the average downs, but they
are more sprightly sheep, and better
calculated for large f1ocks and extended
ranges. lot of these sheep, at the
Chicago Fat Stock Show, two years ago,
bore their lambs in November. A number
were born at the show. They struck me
then as desirable general purpose
sheep.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-09
The Mare Came HeE.e.
Fall River G.ohH

The valuable gray mare recently sold
cheap to Westport farmer by the horse
railroad company surprised her former
friends by trotting IL to the barn in this
city yesterday afternoon with tattered
harness hanging to her. The barn en-
ployes tried to drive her out. but she
made for her old stall and threatened TO
make things lively for any one seeking to
dislodge her. Nothing has been heard of
the new owner, and whether the excitabie
mare made a meal of him or kicked him
and his threshing machine into Westport
ha-sor is not yet ascertained.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-09
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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-09
IZALCO. THE ACTIVE
Eoeiy Volcano That Shakes Up Central
America
San Francisco Alta Californian.

San Francisco Alta Californian.
Your Central American correspondent
was recently at Izalco, the most active
and most attractive of the volcanoes of
Central America. 1t never harms any.
body. There is tchurch at its base, its
buttressed walls quite eighteen feet
thick. 1t has withstood the BOOKINGS and
racket of daily quakes through $50 years.
Ihree great bells, each weighing about
1000 pounds, and constituted quite one
half OF silver, are suspended in the church
yard. They are often toIled by IzsIco
when the jolly mountain is in rollick-
ing good humor, or perhaps when it is
"colicky.n Its explosions occur at inter
walls of from three to five and fifteen
minutes. Now and then the great vent
for explosive forces within are hermeuc-
ally sealed for five or six hours. and even
longer. Then the country has ague fits
and San Salvador is shaky, and the pre-.
scribed path of earthquakes, which is
about twenty-five miles wide, is ratified
This, too. Is the width of the coalbeds
along this route of earthquakes. Beneath
the coal Is the river of oil that is on fire
at lzalco. There coal, oil and a stream
of water meet. Each explosion of the
mountain emits two columns, one of
black smoke from the burning oil, the
other of white steam from Rio Csliente,
which runs out from beneath the noun
tain and crosses the railway five miles
from the volcano. The water is so hot
that it peeled the hair off my mules leg
that crossed it few days ago. When an
explosion occurs in 1zalco, not only do
these two columns of steam and of smoke
rise up AMONG the clOu6s Init GRANT
stones and ashes and scoIia and vast
volumes of lava are emitted. The great.
er portion of all this measureless volume
of earthly mineral substances falls back
into the crater, closing it and resting on
1t as mighty valve. Great masses of
earth and stone fall in from the interior
OF the mountain side, and then the valve
is heavier and deeper and broader than
usual, ana then the oil must burn longer,
and greater and more resistless volumes
of gas must be produced. The flames
rage, the waters boil, gas and steam and
smoke explode at last, and the country
along the earthquakes or coal measures
route is rudely shaken, and the thunders
of the universe are heard roaring through
the vast distances in measureiess caverns
beneath Izalco.
Nobody should be afraid of earth
quakes. They are simply products eff
forces of coal, oil gas and water All
that astonishing yarn about mother
earth cooling off and contracting her belt
Is very fine and grand and imposing, as
theory, but it won't hold water; certainly
not that of Rio Caliente, which took the
hair, last Saturday, off my grey mules
shins
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-09
THE WAY OF 1T.
81 ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

This is the way of it, wide word over;
One is beloved, and one is the lover,
One gives aud the other receives.
One Iavishes all in a wild emotion.
One offers smile for ife's devotion;
Oae hopes and the other believes,
One lies awake in the night to weep,
And the other drifts into a sweet sound sleep.
Cne soul is afiame with go Hike passion,
One plays with love in al Id er's fashion,
One speaks and the other hears.
OLe sobs, i love you" and wet eyes show it;
And enc laughs lightly ana says, Il know II.
With smiles for the others tears.
One lives for another and nothing beside,
And the other remembers the world is wide.
This is the way OF it, sad earth over;
The heart that breaks is the heart of the lover,
And the other learns to forget.
For what is the US, of endless sorrows
Though the SUP goes down, it will rise Tomorrow
And life is not yet over.
Oal know this truth, if know no other,
That Passionate Love is Pains own mother.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-09

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